WEBVTT MOST WHO FOLLOW THISCLOSELY FIGURE JOHN CRANLEYFIRST, YVETTE SIMPSON SECOND.ROB RICHARDSON HAS OUT-RAISEDHER AND HAS A SENSE OF SOME LATEMOMENTUM.CONVENTIONAL WISDOM HAS NEWCOMERROB RICHARDSON FALLING SHORT.HE'S OUT TO STAND CONVENTIONALWISDOM ON ITS COLLECTIVE HEAD.RICHARDSON WAS IN PERPETUALMOTION ON THE DAY BEFORE THECINCINNATI THREE-WAY.>> I'M CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC.I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE GOT A LOTOF ENERGY COMING OUT OF OURCAMPAIGN.JOHN: ON THE STREET, HE'S ASKEDABOUT THE STREETCAR >> MY POSITION ON THAT IS BEFOREWE TALK ABOUT A NEXT PHASE, WEGOT TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLANTO CONNECT TO CONNECT ALL OF OURCOMMUNITIES.RIGHT NOW 75,000 JOBS PEOPLECAN'T GET TO.JOHN: OF THE THREE, HE STARTEDWITH THE LOWEST NAME AND FACERECOGNITION.>> PEOPLE ARE RECOGNIZING HIM ONTHE STREET WHEN HE GOES TOCHURCHES.A LOT MORE PLACES IN THECOMMUNITY WE'RE SEEING PEOPLETHAT ARE LIKE, OH HEY, IT'S ROBRICHARDSON.JOHN: HIGH-FIVING VOLUNTEERS ATHEADQUARTERS, SIMPSON IS KNOWN,BUT LEAVES NOTHING TO CHANCE.TURNOUT IS EXPECTED TO BE BELOW20%.WHICH MAKES ORDER OF FINISH ANAIRBORNE GUESSING GAME.>> REALLY WHOEVER SHOWS UP WINSWHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ONEIN FIVE PEOPLE VOTING.JOHN: IT'S LIKE KNOWING THERE'SNO TOMORROW IN A ONE-GAMEPLAYOFF.>> I SPENT ALL WEEKEND, I'MSPENDING ALL NIGHT TONIGHT GOINGOUT AN TELLING PEOPLE TO VOTE.I'M GONNA STOP BY KROGER'S ANDRESTAURANTS.JOHN: HARD TO KNOW HOW RETAILPOLITICS IN A TRUEHEARTED TOWNWILL GO.LOCAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR TIMBURKE WAS IN BOSNIA FOR THEFIRST MUNICIPAL ELECTION THEREAFTER THE WAR A GENERATION AGO.AT THE POLLING PLACE HEMONITORED, 98% VOTED